Homilies

Patriarch Daniel points to the Lord’s Ascension as a separation with ‘great joy’

When we separate from someone, we are sad, but the disciples returned with great joy from the Mount of Olives for two reasons, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed on Thursday during his homily on the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. Why? ‘Because they received Christ’s blessing and because he promised them that He…

Jun 6, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Christ calls all nations to salvation

During his homily on Sunday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that ‘Christ the Lord calls all nations and all persons to salvation.’ ‘Our Saviour Jesus Christ broke or abolished the mental and cultural barriers between Samarians and Jews, and healed the Jews from the complex of their superiority to the Samarians, and the Samarians from…

May 29, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The sinner and the sick must be forgiven and healed without humiliating them, Patriarch Daniel says

Praising the discretion and wisdom of the Saviour who healed the paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel pointed out that the one who sinned and is sick must be raised up and helped to be a new man among people without humiliating him. The sick man at the Bethesda pool (John…

May 20, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The Life-giving Spring is a celebration of joy. We are often ignorant of how great the gift of health is: Patriarch Daniel

‘The Life-Giving Spring is a celebration of joy,’ His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said on Bright Friday at Jercalai Monastery, ‘because the Mother of God, who is the living icon of the praying Church, becomes a healing spring for us through the grace bestowed upon her from Christ.’ Value the gift of health ‘We are often…

May 4, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel at Agape Vespers: Peace and joy are two gifts that bring gladness to human soul

During his homily at the Agape Vespers on Pascha Sunday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel reflected on the gifts offered by the Saviour Jesus Christ after his resurrection, saying that ‘peace and joy are two gifts that bring gladness to the human soul.’ ‘People who lack peace, who are always troubled and concerned, always feel unsafe,…

Apr 29, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Easter is the feast of forgiveness

At the Easter Vigil celebrated Saturday night, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that the Resurrection of Christ is a feast of forgiveness, recalling that before Christ breathed his last on the Cross He prayed for His enemies, for those who sentenced Him to death and for those who crucified Him. ‘This humble, crucified love became…

Apr 28, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Holy Chrism is the foundation and the source of the sanctification of Church life, Patriarch Daniel says

After leading the sanctification of the Holy Chrism on Maundy Thursday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel spoke about its meaning and use in the Orthodox Church, noting that the Holy Chrism is ‘the foundation and the source of the sanctification of Church life’. On Thursday, April 25, 2019, the Patriarch of Romania together with other hierarchs…

Apr 26, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Everything that is beautiful in the church is a sign of Christ’s adoration: Patriarch of Romania on Palm Sunday

The Patriarch of Romania during the Divine Liturgy on Palm Sunday told the faithful that the beautiful vestments, liturgical objects, icons and painting are signs of Christ’s adoration, which does not oppose the care for the poor as the Saviour Himself said. Patriarch Daniel explained this fact by recalling that Mary took a pound of…

Apr 22, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: We took the profession of faith out of church walls and showed it publicly to the city

‘We took the profession of our faith out of church walls and showed it publicly to the city,’ the Patriarch of Romania told the people gathered on the Patriarchate’s Hill in Bucharest at the conclusion of the annual Palm Sunday procession, a day before the Orthodox Church commemorates Christ’s glorious Entry into Jerusalem. ‘This beautiful…

Apr 20, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch of Romania: Holy Cross is the sign of triumph over sin, hell and death

On the third Sunday of Great Lent, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel offered his reflections on the Holy Cross as ‘the sign of crucifixion and spiritual feats’, as well as ‘the sign of triumph over sin, hell and death’. During his homily delivered at St Spyridon the New Cathedral in Bucharest on March 31, the Patriarch…

Apr 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch of Romania: The Mother of God is the Protrectress of mothers. If we continue with abortion, we will perish as a nation

During his homily on the Feast of the Annunciation, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that the Mother of God is the Protrectress of all mothers and warned that if abortions continue to take place in Romania ‘we will perish as a nation’. ‘If we, the Romanian people, continue with (performing) abortions, which sum up to…

Mar 26, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu